Paper-guide attachment.



C. L. DANFORTH.

PAPER GUIDE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED nov. 22, 1915.

1,202,972.. Patented "001. 31,1916.

crane L. neuron-r11, or snymoun, mssouar.

IPAPER-GUIDE 'ACI; .LACHMEN 1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916;.

Application filed November 22, 1915. Serial Ne. 62,857.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUS L. DANFORTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seymour, in the county of Webster and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Guide Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to paper guide attachments for typewriting machines and more especially to typewriting machines of the type known as the Oliver, and my object is to produce an attachment which without adjustment and with equal facility will accommodate paper of different widths or envelops and which can be instantly thrown to inoperative position and so secured.

A further object is to produce an attachment which can be easily and quickly applied to an Oliver typewriter Without requiring any change in the latter except the removal of the ordinary guide fingers for adjustment to accommodate the width of paper or envelops.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l, is a top plan view of a part of an Oliver typewriter equipped with a paper guide attachment embodying my 1nvention. Fig. 2, is an end view of the same. Fig. 3, is a fragmentary perspective view of the attachment.

In the said drawings, 1 indicates the ends of the carriage, 2 .the cylinder or rotary platen and 3 the customary thumb wheels for turning the roller backward or forward. at and 5 are plates which guide the paper to and from the cylinder respectively. These parts are found in the Oliver typewriting machine. x

The attachment is constructed as follows: 8 indicates a pair of right-angle shaped brackets provided with forked ends 9 to fit over the connecting bar 7 on the ends of the carriage, the upper arms of the forks having threaded openings 10 for the reception of clamping screws 11, for impingement upon said bar to secure the brackets rigidly in place, 12 is a horizontal rod paralleling the cylinder and journaled in the upper ends of brackets 8 and 13 is a I clamping screw mounted in one of saidbrackets for impingement upon rod 12 so as to secure the same at different points in its rotatable adjustment.

The paper guide proper is substantially U-shaped in planview and comprises a pair'- of arms or ends 14 secured in any suitable manner at their rear ends to rod 12 ,and provided with arches 15 at their front ends which arches extend up over the rear portion of paper guide 5 and the cross bar 6 and are connected at their front eiztremities by a cross rod 16 which overlies guide 5 for the purpose of holding the paper snugly upon the same without interfering with its automatic adjustment under the rotation of the cylinder for line-spacing purposes.

By turning screw 13 backward slightly the paper guide can be adjusted to accommo-' date paper of different thicknesses or a plurality of sheets of paper as used in making a number of carbon copies, and when desired the attachment can be swung to inoperative position as indicated by dotted lines or clear back out of the way' as indicated by the arrow and secured in either of such positions or at any intermediate point by the clamping screw. By the use of a rod 16 of substantially the same length as the cylinder, it will be'apparent that paper of any width can be used in the machine with equal facility as said rod will bear upon a narrow strip as reliably and efiiciently as it will upon a sheet of legal cap or the like.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a paper guide attachment embodying the-features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the object of the invention, and I wishit to be understood that while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the same I reserve the right to make all changes in the form, proportion, detail construction, and organization of the parts as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim: 1

1. The combination with a typewriting machine having a paper guide plate over and upon which, the paper passes from the cylinder of the machine, of a paper guide comprising a rod applying yielding pressure upon the paper on said plate .for the full width of the paper.

machine havin a paper guide plate over and upon Whic the paper passes from the cylinder of the machine, of a paper guide attachment comprising a pair of end portions pivoted at their rear ends to the machine, and a bar connecting the front ends of said portions adjacent the rear side of the cylinder and paralleling the same and disposed above and applying yielding pressure upon the paper on the said guide plate.

3. The combination with a typewriting machine, having a paper guide plate over which the paper passes from the cylinder of the machine, a rotatably-supported rod paralleling and disposed rearward of the cylinder, a pair of arms secured at their rear ends to said rod and a longitudinal portion connecting the front ends of said arms and adapted to rest upon a sheet of paper overlying said plate, and means for securing said rod at different points in its rotatable adjustment.

4. The combination with a typewriting machine, having a paper guide plate over which the paper passes from the cylinder of the machine, of an attachment, comprising brackets secured to the rear portion of the carriage frame, a rod paralleling the cylinder and journaled in said brackets, means to secure the rod at different oints in its rotatable adjustment, arms pro ecting forwardly from the rod, and a rod connecting the front ends of said arms above the paper guide plate.

5. The combination With a typewriting machine, having a paper guide plate over Which the paper passes from the cylinder of the machine, of an attachment comprising brackets secured to the rear portion of the carriage frame, a rod paralleling the cylinder and journaled in said brackets, means to secure the rod at diflerent points in its rotatable adjustment,arms projecting for Wardly from the rod,.and a rod connecting the front ends of the said arms above the paper guide plate, the front portion of said arms being arched.

In testimonywhereof, I aflix my signature,- in the presence of two witnesses.

M. E. GooHRAN, C. H. WHITE. 

